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Patented June 26, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREYV J. UPHAM, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE \VASHBURN 8:MOENMANUFAOTURING COMPANY, OF WVOBCESTER, MASS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 280,100, dated June 26,1883.

Application filed March 9, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that 1, ANDREW J. UPHAM, ofSterling, in the county of \Vhiteside and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and use- 5 ful Improvements in Barbed"VIetalStri pFencing and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification,

IO and in which- Figure 1 represents a side view of a section of myimproved barbed-metalstrip fencing. Fig. 2 represents an edge view ofthe section of fencing shown in Fig. 1. and Fig. repre- 15 sents asection on line 00 .r, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow,same figure.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination, with a flatmetal strip, of a sheetmetal barb stamped or cut out and attached 2othereto in a peculiar manner, to be hereinafter more fully described.

To enable those skilled in theart to which" 1), Figs. 1 and 3, atregular intervals, with a die. The barb B is bent together at its middlepoint, and the two ends (I. a inserted to gether through the opening I)a certain distance, leaving the loop 0 on one side of the strip A, andthe two ends (6 (1. extending out in a straight direction on the otherside of said strip. The ends a a are then bent or pressed down againstthe flat side of strip A, so as to extend out in opposite direction andrest upon h the strip for support. The loop a on the other side of thestrip is then crushed or pressed down, so as to lie fiat along the otherside of the strip A, and thus hold the barb B securely in position, asis fully shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings Afterthe ends a. (1. have beeninserted through the opening 7), they may be bent back, and the loop 0be also pressed flat at one and the same time and by the same operation.If preferred, the loop or head 0 may be formed before the ends a a. areinserted in the slit or opening b. I

Having described my improvements in barbed-metalstrip fencing, what Iclaim there in as new and of my invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

The combination, with metal strip A, pro vided with openings or slits b,of a sheet-metal barb, 13, provided with head or loop 0, sub stantiallyas shown and described.

ANDRE\V J. UPHA M. \Vitnesses:

JOHN C. DEWEY, AIBER'I A. BARKER.

